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System and methodology for image and overlaid annotation display, management and communicaitonSystem and methodology for image and overlaid annotation display, management and communicaiton description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060288842, System and methodology for image and overlaid annotation display, management and communicaiton. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This is a continuation application of Ser. No. 10/353,656 filed Jan. 29, 2003--a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 10/323,526 filed Dec. 18, 2002--a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 09/492,218 filed Jan. 27, 2000--a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 09/039,952 filed Mar. 16, 1998, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,084,168--a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/677,469 filed Jul. 10, 1996, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,728,960. FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to the field of music. More particularly, the present invention relates to an architecture, system, apparatus and methodology relating to the construction and utilization of a subsystem (or a plurality of subsystems) for displaying musical compositions, either batch or in a real time environment, and processing and communicating music data and/or user performances. [0004] Music is usually only available in the written form for one (or a fixed set of) performer/instrument types in a fixed key. Adaptations or variations of musical arrangements are complex and costly. Remotely located musicians are unable to effectively practice together. Small communities each with only a few musicians are limited to practicing with the few musicians they have. [0005] Performers of music have many inconveniences to deal with. One such inconvenience deals with the composing, distribution, and utilization of music display presentation, traditionally sheet music. Another major problem relates to the inconvenience of scheduling and physical gathering of multiple musicians (including instrumentalists and vocalists), which when combined in their performance provide a musical ensemble or orchestra. For example, high school band practice requires that all students be available to practice at the same time at the same place (i.e., the school music room). However, this creates difficulties in that many students have other activities which conflict with band practice which is then incomplete. Additionally, when composing, musicians often will come up with an idea when physically not with another musician. [0006] Musicians typically work from sheet music. When composing, they write the notes down on paper that has a number of staffs. If the musician transposes a composition from one key to another, the notes are also written down on the staff paper. The scores for different instruments must also be generated and written down. All of the scores are then copied for distribution to other musicians and/or music stores. [0007] When performing, the sheet music must be found, for all parts to be played, manually distributed, manually set-up, manually handled (turn pages, etc.). There is also an unfulfilled need for quick access to a more comprehensive database of music for the performing musician, whether he is solo or part of an orchestra. Also, musicians often perform audience requests, and require access to sheet music for requested songs. Presently, there are various combinations of songs compiled in "FAKE" Books, usually by category (e.g., rock, country, blues, big band, etc.). This is only of limited help. Furthermore, the use of paper sheet music is cumbersome and inconvenient; pages often get damaged or lost, and indexed access is poor and slow. [0008] This method of composing and distributing music is inadequate when the music is used by a band or orchestra that requires hundreds of copies. If the conductor desires the piece to be played in a different key or certain sections of the music edited to suit the conductor's tastes, the composition must be rewritten and the new transposed copy distributed to the band or orchestra. This is a very costly, time-consuming, and laborious task if the orchestra has a large number of members. [0009] Additionally, if the composition does not have a part for a certain instrument, the conductor must generate the required part from the original composition. After the score for the required instruments has been generated, the parts must be copied and distributed to the individual musicians. This, again, is a very costly and laborious task if the band has a large number of musicians requiring different parts. There is a need, therefore, for a more efficient way of transposing, editing, and distributing music scores. [0010] Over the past many years, great advances have been made in the electronic input, storage, and display of music. Electronic bands and orchestras are constructed using computers and MIDI equipment. Programs exist for personal computers (e.g., Apple Macintosh, DOS, and Windows machines) for an individual to use the computer for transposing music, composing music. Programs also exists for automatically inputting music from direct performance (such as directly from a keyboard, electronically through MIDI converters (such as for string instruments), via pickups and microphones, and sequencers, tone generators, etc.) To generate digital data and/or music notation. [0011] Musicians often perform both pre-planned and ad hoc compositions during the course of a performance. It would therefore be desirable to have the ability to access a large database of musical compositions on demand. It would also be desirable to permit communication and synchronization of a music presentation to multiple performing musicians who are playing together. It would also be desirable for a performing musician to have his or her performance of the music input onto an individual music workstation, and stored, and analyzed by an automated system, and/or communicated to one or more other networked (remote) individual music workstations. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0012] In accordance with the present invention, electronic music stand apparatus system and methodologies relating thereto are presented. The electronic music stand system is comprised of a performer subsystem comprising a processing subsystem, librarian logic, performance logic, and communications management logic. The communications management logic provides management of communication via the communications interface with external apparatus responsive to the performance logic and the librarian logic. The user input apparatus and the display apparatus can be integrated into a touch-screen input display. The user input apparatus can alternatively be at least one of a touch-tablet, a stylus-based writing tablet, a mouse, a keyboard, a joystick, a game controller, and a switch. In a preferred embodiment, the librarian logic, the performance logic and the communications management logic are defined by program data stored in the data storage apparatus, and the processor is responsive to the program data for managing data formatting, displaying music, and management of communications of data with the external apparatus. In one embodiment, two Performer subsystems are operable alternatively as one of a single appliance as a linked set a linked mode and as two independent appliances a stand-alone mode, wherein in the linked mode each of the two Performer subsystems operate cooperatively with each other as a linked set to provide a two page display on the video presentation, and wherein in the stand alone mode each of the two Performer subsystems operates independently and mutually exclusive of the other to provide two independent and mutually exclusive single page displays on the video presentation. The present invention also relates to a method for providing for video display of music responsive to the music data stored in a music database. The method is comprised of defining a page of music image data from the music database; defining ordered logical sections; storing the mapping in a memory for selective retrieval; and providing for the video display of the music responsive to the mapping and the storing. Bookmarking and navigation logic provide for quick, user-friendly navigation through the stored pages of music data, including providing for user marking of locations, entry of bookmark data, etc. A draw mode provides the user with the ability to annotate an image overlay layer presented atop the music page display associated with a specific page and location in the stored music data. These and other aspects and attributes of the present invention will be discussed with reference to the following drawings and accompanying specification. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0013] FIG. 1 illustrates two types of music workstations stands, in the form of a music stand (105 or 300) with a liquid crystal display, is used by an operator (e.g., performer, conductor, etc.) to select one or more musical compositions. [0014] FIG. 2 illustrates a music communication system comprising multiple workstations (200) each comprising a display (210), some with a touch-screen input display (211), others with user input such as a keypad (222), a joystick (224), push buttons (225; 226), a microphone (227), and a speaker (228), communication interface means (240) such as a wireless interface including an antenna (231), or alternatively or additionally a wired or cabled communication interface (240), and a local microcomputer subsystem (250) that provides local intelligence and management of functions in the workstation. [0015] FIG. 3 illustrates a hardware architecture for an electronic Music Performer System (300) and various peripherals using standard components of computer systems. [0016] FIG. 4 illustrates a hand-held embodiment (410) of a one-screen electronic music stand performer system (105) of FIG. 1. [0017] FIG. 5 illustrates two touch-screen displays (503; 504) with a communications interface (501) providing a two-screen display electronic music stand performer system apparatus is illustrated. [0018] FIG. 6 illustrates an alternate embodiment of an electronic performer music stand system of FIG. 5 but including three display screens. [0019] FIG. 7A illustrates an alternate embodiment of the Performer Subsystem (250) implemented utilizing a separate component subsystem (e.g., a single board computer (701; 705; 706; 710) coupled to a component touch-screen display or other input and display subsystems (715). 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